Using Systematic Procedures to Prevent Medical Errors

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The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.00AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Using Systematic Procedures to Prevent Medical Errors

About the Author and Past Editor

Author

Leslie W. Hall, MD, FACP is the Executive Dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, SC, and the CEO of the Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group (effective February, 2015).

From 1999 – 2014, he served as a faculty member at the University of Missouri – Columbia School of Medicine. During his time on faculty at University of Missouri, he served in a number of roles including Director of the University of Missouri Health Care Office of Clinical Effectiveness (2002-2008), Chief Medical Officer for University of Missouri Health Care and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs (2008-2012), and Interim Dean of the School of Medicine (2012-2014).

Dr. Hall has developed several curricular offerings in the areas of quality improvement, patient safety and teamwork in health care. From 2005 to 2008, he served as one of two national physician advisors for Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (a Robert Wood Johnson Initiative). His research interests include analysis of the effectiveness of strategies to improve patient safety within hospitals and investigation of outcomes of quality improvement and patient safety education. Dr. Hall's clinical work is as an internal medicine hospitalist.

Disclosure: Dr. Hall states that he does not have any financial arrangements that could constitute a conflict of interest.

Past Editor

John Harris Jr., MD, MBA is past Executive Director of the Office of CME at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Dr. Harris has served as the Principal Investigator on multiple NIH-funded studies of online CME, and he is the author of a number of professional papers dealing with online CME.

Using Systematic Procedures to Prevent Medical Errors

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User Comments

by Hidden | May 3, 2018
I like incorporation of unforeseen and harmful patient outcomes despite an outlook of wanting to do the best for the patient.

by allen kantrowitz | Jan 17, 2018
excellent course

by Romaine Johnson | Jan 6, 2018
These courses are very good. The cases are straightforward and if you are a busy clinician you have either experienced directly or know someone who has so it immensely relevant.

by Arthura Moore | Jan 5, 2018
The cases were engaging and very true to life.

by Hidden | Jan 1, 2018
Very good.

by Johanan Levine | Dec 30, 2017
I did the course to meet a requirement but enjoyed it because it was so good. During the course, I called and advised a resident to get a better-informed consent from a patient. Nice work and great references put together beautifully.

Using Systematic Procedures to Prevent Medical Errors

This course meets general AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit(s)TM requirements in states that have a CME requirement.

Based on information from state licensing authorities, this program meets special CME requirements in these states:

Connecticut Risk Management CME

Florida Medical Errors Prevention CMEThis course addresses the five most misdiagnosed conditions during the previous biennium, as well as root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety, as required by the Florida Board of Medicine.

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